Central Lumber Co. v. City of Waseca

This is an action to enjoin the city of Waseca from establishing and operating a municipal coal and wood yard, and from enforcing a weighing .ordinance. The trial court denied a temporary injunction and the plaintiff appeals. The questions are:(1) Whether the establishment of a municipal coal and wood yard is a public purpose for which taxes may be levied.(2) Whether the weighing ordinance is arbitrary and unreasonable or otherwise invalid só that a temporary injunction against its enforcement should issue.

*202The charter in apt terms authorizes the city council “to establish and «operate a…